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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23

A Dealer Tries to Make Out That 10
Isn't SO Very Objectionable.

Isnt ~ very ObJtttiouap'Ss
"Now, them" said dealer, ''let rs look ut
the matter In another light. Is the adultera-
tion-a better word for which would be re-
duction-of spices injurious to the healthf
TAKE pepper. for instance, and mustard
also. Very few people would use pepper II
they could buy ii as cheap as the ordinary
kinds sold. because il ia too strong. IL IL no
duced with buckwheat middlings, very
mild adulterant certainly, with some roasted
cocoanut shell, which is perfectly harmless,
thrown in for a coloring mixture In the
case of mustard the use Of wheat flour Is be
lieved TO be conducive to the health Of the
consumer and the limerick used for color
ing is used in small quantities and cannot
hurt any one.
"Almond and cocoanut shells, with mealy
| substances as the base are used in the manu-
facture Of most all spices There Is no great
er profit to either the jobbing or retail trade
in selling the adulterated goods but the lat
ter are kept and sold because Of the demand
for cheaper prices than could be made on the
pure articles Very likely, too, the reduced
rpices would be more sought for at the same
price in many instances, if brought into com
DrtlIlOn WIN tue STRICTLY Hsff rr'RN's' AZ
may be taken for granted that no reputable
manufacturer will knowingly use any adul-
terants which are deleterious in their nature
or injurious in the quantities used.
I'm coffee there is less adulteration now
than formerly most OF the trade being in the
berry roasted and sold whole. The high
! prices prevailing Just now for the cheaper
cofees has caused some demand for the chic
! DRY and roasted pea compounds, which are
sold ground. in bulk The poorer class
OF private consumers only buy this
kind Of coffee at this stores. But
the advance i'm price has caused demand fof
chicory and peas among the large restaur-
ants dispensing fragrant coffee at five cents
a cup, and doubtless there are many persons
who have learned 10 love the strength Of chic
Org and have grown fond OF the healthfm
pea, which contains % per cent OF uourish-
ment, and is not as trying on the nerves as
real strong pure coffee
''The Germans IN the Fatherand buy their
chicory at the store just as they do their
coffee, and do the mixing at home to suit
themselves. / knew an old gentleman when
was ia the trade some years ago who always
called for that twelve cent coffee, which he
said he liked because it contained more PEGS
than coffee"
In conclusion, be stated that the whole sul-
ject Of reduction or adulteration was ore
which was not fully understood by the pub
lie, and not always correctly stated by tro
press. The very word "adul,ecetion' meant
poison 70 many people, who labored under the
deusiOn that they We're being defrauded and
endangered in health as a consequence OF the
improved and cheapened processes of manu-
facture in the line Of food products. Chicago
/ Inter Ocean.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23
To SIphon Lake Tahoe.

s. r. MatheWsOn, an expert clNu engineer,
has been looking over the situation in this
state relating 10 practical irrigation Of unre-
claimed land The Reno Gazette reports him
rs saving that he believes there Is enough
water in Lake Tahoe ~ irrigate 100000
acres. or all Of the available land IN western
Nevada But be doesn't believe in running d
tunnel four OF fye miles 10 tap the lake lie
believes that the water can be-. taken out oi
the lake with an iron sphon, and at one
twentieth Of the expense The siphon need
not be- more than a mile and a half long
The difference in the elevationo Of Lake Tahoe
and Carson valley being somewhat more than
100 feet, the power generated would b. equal
20 not less than 5000 horse power.
This same principle could be applied not
only 70 Carson valley, but to Truckee Mead.
ows. Mason valley and all other valleys in
the vicinity. BY d series OF check valve BIO
tious the water could be taken cut OK the
siphon anywhere between the highest point
0a the lake and the lowest To the valley bY
the use OF this enormous water pressure all
kinds OF manufacturing establishments could
lie started. and the land u sand and sage
brush might not only 10 made 10 bloom and
blossom, but be- covered with manufacturing
villages as in New England. Mr.. Mathew
son says IL is only a question Of time when
something Of this kind will be done TO 70
claim all our Nevada land.--Virginia City
EutaruriS.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23

The interest Of the whole house
cepters I'm the room where "asn-
ing,on died-"The gen'al's room, the
room likes de bes' in de house, ="
as the seryitor called II, IN tone
Of genuine and reveren' affection. just
whore the great man lny a-dying eighty
eiyht vear. AGO. the he'd now stands, and
beside Ii the light stand on which are the
rings left By bis medicine glasses, uo-
changed since that day. The secretary at
which he wrote, the hair covered trunk IN
which he carried mis- possessions, the sur
yevors tripod be had used, the cloak ne
threw about bis shoulders when he went
over the farm, the leathern chair IN winch
he sat the covering cut away by vandal
hands. are all there There was some-
thing. in spite Of these few discordant
notes. that seemed peculiar to that room.
/ could not feel that thousands OF eyes
had looked upon it with idle curiosity, put
as though il had been kept sacred all these
years and was yet redoient OF the mem
cries which have set il apart forever
Many wonders said our guide, why
Mrs. Washn ton died mp in de attic, and
not In de gen'al's room II was de Gus
tom in de family to shut mp room for
two years after death had happened IN
IT, an dis room was shut up. Mrs.
Wash'n' ton went up in de attic an dere
she staid for eighteen NUNS ill she died
dere. She never bad no fire ID de winter,
an in de summer il was yery h0t-bnt
dere she staid vii only her cat fur COM
p'ny."
The corner cut of from the lower part
Of the door he showed us was for the easy
egress and irgress OF this familiar friend.
The attic room is pretty and attractive
looking. but has IN It now only one piece
OF furniture used by Mrs Washington
little three cornered washstand.-The
Century
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23
A NEEDED IMPROVEMENT.

Asa railway car in motion is the cas-
lest thing possible 10 vcnlilate, it is Gu
Iious that the patient traveller is at times
nearly roasted in temperature regulated
only by the feelings, not the judgment
Of the porter or the conductor.
While the horrible and murderous car
stove has attracted so much attention in
one phase OF its character 1t has passed
unnoliced in another Whether II be q
Pullman Car, second-class coach, at
one of the luxuriant boudoir carriages
we believe that the complaint Of over
heating Is general.
So much for the evil. the consequences
OF which. aparl from discomfort al the
time, are the risks Of cold and pneumonia
The rem 'dy Is simple. If each car was
equipped with a disk thermometer like
that in the Office of the Richmond TIMES
every passenger could see from his seat
the indication of the temperature, and
require that it be regulated. From
sixty five to seventy degrees is about The
requisite heat for winter, and whsi
would be reasonable temperature for
railway coach. II the thermometer
was fixed at the front of The car, and over
1t . simple notice Of the degree OF heal
desired, the object would be accomplished
as 1t would then be the privilege of every
passenger who might see that the required
degree was not maintained TO call the at
tending porter or conductor.
At time when travel is so general ant
comfort almost universal, surely so i'm
poriant a suggestion as this deserves no
ticc.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23

The Washington Post says that the Re
publican party will be called into the court
Of public opinion TO show cause why
the Democratic party should be ousted
in 1888. The point is that the Demo
cratic party will show why the Republi'
can party should not be put hack in
power before there is any formal trial be-
fore the aforesaid court Of public
opinion.
Whereas, the Republican party was
inconiinently kicked out for its gross
abuses of power, land grabbing, ring rule
jobbing in the Navy Department, Star
Route stealing, and the greatest crime Of
oil, stealing the presidency in 1876, and
whereas the aforesaid Republican party
has shown no repentance, but rather per
versily and intent to perseyere in steal
Ing, like that ticket-of leave-man there
fore, without very much Of trial before
the aforesaid court, 1t ought to be kept
Just where it is, and will assuredly be.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23

one OF our doctors writes % me.
"While writing a5out experimental sur-
gerry m the hospitals you might ha'e
added that eases of death under the knife
ia these clinics are ROT go aii uncommon,
aud that they never get into print There
is not u hospital IN this clty that would
allow newspaper 10 send a reporter 10
attend the operations in 10, precincts for d
month ard give him free access 10 all Che
particulars Of them Within that time
there would certainly be- cases TO record
which it would not bee pleasant for tAe
hospital TO have recorded The secrets u
our hospital. arc harder 10 get at thal
those OF Buckwcus Island Some day
some newspaper vii cosl q genuine sen
sation by revealing them '-Irumble ID
New York News.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23

Anthony Comstock, alleged reformeF
OF wicked and immoral pictures, is rapid
ly developing from the cbrysalis state OF
humbup into the 'shard borne beetle" OF
q nuisance.
II may be necessary to explain to the
un Shaksperian reader that the beetle is
q worm before he gets his "shards' or
wings, and still ne preserves his bad char
scter and makes 1t worse with The power
OF locomDiion. Thus Comstock,
when fully nedged with the
authority of society that pays him a
salary, after crawling 10 the iIth, can
buzz his horrible droning tune until the
popular ear is so wearied that decent
people fell like oblitersIing him as they do
the beetle or The leatherwing bat.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23

"The Labor vote went back 10 the
Democrats in New York and the PrOhi-
billion vote is constantly growing In
strength. And yet for all that, do not
hesitate to predict Republican victory
in New York in the coming national con
test. M. Eodrts
That sounds rallying note for the Re
publican party as gay and frolicsome a,
the whistle of the man going by grave
yard Of moonlight night, when
white tOmbstones remind him Of the fate
of his brother sinners, and ghosts Of
guilty associates stalk along the road.
predict a Republican victory" is
good.
Perhaps Mr. Evsrts thinks that the same
thing could happen as when he "pre
dicied" Republican victory in 1875, and
got it by doing the principal part OF tn,
stealing of the Presidency from Mr. Til
den.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23
THE PRINTING PRESS.

The Dispatch has q new press that is o
beautiful specimen Of mechanism ana
extremely interesting to look at In one
of the oldest towns in Virginia there is a
press Of the old pattern which is work
ed by hand AMI the men put the ink on a
roller and from that on the type. To
fully appreciate such beautiful machine
as the Dispatch has, one must know the
long history Of Improvements In the
printing press, and whatever may oe saiu
against such newspapers as have oeeh
recently so badly handled in the Ne"
York election, the average citizen should
remember that this same great engine,
and the people who manage II all over The
world daily, is safer guardian OF good
government than great guns and heavy
baiiaiOns.
The watch and ward kept by the news
papers over the proceedings OF legislative
bodies and the daily reports that the
mass Of the people read, constitute the
medium between the popular and the rep
resentative power We do not mean that
our esteemed neighbor, the Dispatch, does
all this, but part of It. so do we all, and
thereby the public should know that its
trustees and servants whom they elect
are not more valuable than the daily
journalists who criticise theiI conduct.
Hence the daily newspaper should de-
serve the confidence of the public by its
high honor, intelligence, and character.
All OF these three are appreciated when
brsgely displayed in a good cause but
the labor Of the journalist passes for very
little in the estimation OF the average
citizen.
The late Judge Robert Onld, In IA
nous criminal trial, uttered sentence
that will lie quoted or stolen as long as
the English language holds and the
printing press works. "The ancient
philosopher, he said, dreamed Of lever
with which TO move the world, and his
prophetic vision was realized when that
mighty engine Of the press was created
upon whose motor the hand Of man for
evil or for good is terrible as Satan or
glorious as the Archangel."
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23
Next Saturday Atlanta will have

Next Saturday Atlanta Will have q
chance to prohibit Prohibition, and we
have sbrewd idea that the great cracker
city will appreciate the torture Of a lone
thirst so well that the alluring juice
of the corn and the rye will once more
assert their wonted sway.
Those who have been there know how
the enterprising and mstchless Georgian
can boom business and run Vice
Presidential candidates, but it can
not be denied that the pale
and sickly cast of melancholy ha:
jaundiced the noble cheek of Atlantis
for some time, and on the faint distant
echoes we hear the sad refrain II see hei
still in my dreams" II our dear uncle OF
the Dispatch will excuse the pun, W,
would also take occasion to remark thai
the still hath 'canker worm" which
'twere well to part withal
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23

In the case Of the Milwaukee and ST
Paul railroad the Interstate Commerce
commission says:
III railway company In establishing
charges on different divisions ami
branches of its road, so adjusts them as
10 divert trade and business 10 one local
ity which naturally, under an equitable
adjustment Of charges, wonld 90 TO an
other, such preference for one place and
disadvantage to another is not excused
or made lawful by the fact that some OF
snch charges are not entirely voluntary
but result from competition from car
riers In the adjustment OF the reduced
rates Mazeppa, which had been cents
is cents higher than its rivals
difference sufficient to divert some Of its
legitimate busin, IS, and the railroad Il
directed to reduce this difference TO 2,
cents by reducing the Mazepps rate from
l23 TO ten cents"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23

However great the advantages Of Cali
fornia may he for those residing on the
Pacific slope, inyalids whose homes are
east ~ the Missouri river should seriously
consider whether the inducements are
great enough 60 compensate for the disad-
yantages To one in health the ride TO
San Francisco ie less iatiguing than one
might properly expect but for invalids II
is n serious matter 10 be confined 60 car
for five or six consecutive days, subject all
the time 10 the unavoidable inhalation Of
the various particles Of matter inseparable
from railroad riding. ndded 10 this Is tho
impossibility ~ securing reliably good
ventilation, uniform temperature, OF free
dom from draughts. closeness and fire.
quent changes When you add the return
journey, the advantages ought TO be very
great 10 induce the experiment Are they
sufficiently soi
In summer the climate az California Is
bot and dry away from san Francisco or
other very windy and variable locations
In winter IL Is very rainy and damp, as the
rains all fan between October and May.
which Is there the season Of yerdure, the
period when their grass grows. For those
who are simply delicate or inherit a ten
eency 10 consumption know Of mo-
country where / should regard the chances
better for fair health and prolongation
OF life than a residence IN southern Cali
fOrnia, but for such as have "a developed
pulmonary trouble would advise careful
consideration unless they decide to go
there to make 10 home, TO stay while
they Hye.-Wlliam Smith Brown in
Harper Magazine.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23
re.tine tho ocenn,. Denth.

On some parts Of the coast of Sumatra
and the nciehb0ring Islands the fishermen
test the depth of the sea and also the ma
ture Of the sea bottom by the noises they
hear on applying the ear 20 one end of an
oar OF which the other end Is plunged IN
the water AT depth OF twenty feet and
less the sound is 10 crep.taton, similar 60
that produced when salt is thrown ON
burning charcoal, at MY feet ia is like
the ticking of a watch, the tictac being
more or less rapid. according 70 whether
the bottom IS entirely Of coral or alter
nately Of coral and mud, or Of sand II
the bottom Is entirely Of sand the sound
is clear; il Of mud il resembles enc hum
ming Of swarm OF bees. On dark nights
the fishermen select their fishery grounds
according 20 these indications. Hard
wnke's Science Gossip
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23
Alden to Lightning Rods.

The suddenness with which lightning
rods have fallen into disuse is rather d
curious fact A few years since every
business house and private residence was
bristlng with rods and points, while the
lightning rod agent WAS the most intoler-
able nuisance that ever imposed upon the
public. Ii was formerly thought that the
rod was genuine protection TO houses,
and for years people labored under this lie
lusiOn But the Tact is that the rod is not
II necessity. and is often o source Of posi-
tive danger s residence or business
house Is just about as safe in a storm
without q rod as with one, and the people
Of this generation have learned this fact.
Chicago Newa.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23


Twenty minutes after the first bell rang
the long aislcs were iu darkness, with the
exception Of here and there a dim ligh. ut
each end Of the room The superInten
dent and the journalist Inspected the
premises. In going through ihe sut de-
partment a startling sight met the ropor-
ter's eyes A row of graceful forms
dressed in costumes worth hundreds of
dollars were there before tbe store closed,
but Oh the return Grip they had been disc
ROBBED and nothing remained 0s their fore
mer spiendor but paper busiIes. a wire
form wearing paper hustle n q d'mly
lighted room produce ghostly effect,
and Air. Th0rne said che was NOT sug-
prised al the visitors timidty'
The sound of female wolves was beard
singing q plaintiye negro melody
THAT comes from The work ro0m0n Che
100 floor, said The guide We some
times keep the dressmakers at work mI
midnight altering cloaks and dresses
bought during the day. OF course we pay
them literally for ON extra W0rk
The basement NJ % dry goods store at
night is @ busy place I'm the delivery de-
partmenr clerks were busy ass bees check
ing m Fine ,,csao.s and leno-ifina fhom
In tbe hovet of tbe drivers who sfnfel
ID. .'.. .,,.,,,ors with .bem until tbo .l..
,',,il,,.l o,,t
..rboso ,ro tho olooi, rooms 90 saif tho
.,,rriotendent nointing to "a Iona Tow OF
.teft. with a square openins I'm cacn door
"ITere the clerk. depo.ff their hats.
.lools and luncb .acbels and receive "A
checl for tberi ono of fhe rea-on. for
-enling t,e omnloves home ii squad. Is TO
avoid ronfision here -
.rbi. is our mead nioht Waterman. %
said the Superintendent He is good
man fo keen e,vap from after dark lie
il "a WALKING arsenal and makes 10 very
uncomfortable Joe those who try to make
his acquaintance an uight tie has a
LARGE force under him and they are 900
well armed Their duties are to close the
rre,,{sas and rrotnrf r nufH dovlnhf
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23
L.pre.r Spreading RAPIDLY.

Accor ling 10 VI. Besnier, a member Of
the French Academy OF Medicine, leprosy
far from disappearing by degrees b
spreading rapidly. Since the extension "
the French colonial possessions soldiers
sailors, traders and missionaries have
fallen victims 20 il in large numbers VI
Besnier, therefore, exh0rts physicians lh
all countries 10 study the fell disease iD
order 10 find q means OF cOunteractng is
rayages, for il has active focuses OF infec-
ton in every part Of the globe. The
u,aladv is transmitted by a bacillus
shaped like that found in tuoaTculosls. =
Cleveland Leader.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23
Material for Heavy Guns.

Alfred H. C0wles advocates the use Of
aluminium bronze for heavy guns, and hi.
paper on the subject is 10 be- discussed by
the United States Nayai institute Mr.
COwles claims that guns made Of thi.
alloy will have a much higher tensile
strength and ductility than those OF
steel; that they would not be so liable to
burst, and that they conld be cast az q
per cent. less cost than the forged guns Of
steel while CD per cent. Of this cost would
be capital stored away in the metal 0f the
gun, which metal can be remelied anl
used over an indefinite number u times
Chicago Herald
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23
A DRY GOODS PALACE.
AN ARMY or EMPLOYEES GETTING
READY TO CLOSE UP.

The Bang Of the Gong at O'Clock In
the Evening-Cash Girls I'm Marching
Array---A startling sight-Night Work.
Rigid Discipline.
Bang went n gong at 8 O'Clock in the
evening in n paiatiai dry goods emporium
Oh Sixth avenue. Instantly | 300 EN-
ployes stopped work.
What means this commotonN' asked
a reporter of the manager.
THAT bell notifies our army TINT they
are to get ready 20 close up, - was the re-
plv. In a moment you will hear the
gong strike twice. That means 10 cover
up the shelves and counters. Three bells
will ring after that, and all those who are
not waiting on customers In the dress
goods department will go home. -Four
bells sends down the attendants On the
upper floor and five bells empties the
house Of all but the case gifls. Maitunth
they form in line Il is p sight
The reporter waited until the gong rang
six times. Instantly the ties Of rigid but
necessary discipline were cut, and the liz
tie ones formed in squads. such a oy-
clone Of voices and crowdng for place It
reminded the observer of college cane
rush.
CHOSE girls are as hard 10 con,.al rs %
regiment Of boys said the good natured
manager 1T seems incredible that Zoo
their anxiety 70 obtain desirable places I'm
the line they can be SO rough We dislike
doing il, but we are sometimes obliged tO
discharge a few OF them for their rough
conduct. These girls are all over the ago
OF II years. and they must be- furnished
with a certificate from o schoo, teacher
before we employ them
Al a given signal one squad marched
past the other There We're no careworu
faces I'm the ranks They. all went past
smiling, wnking or siyly making faces at
the other squad.
"Oh. they went ont first last night
cried little one IN the company left be-
hind II dou't think that's fair.'
But il was fair for the first outgoing
squad az evening WAS the first to arrive IA
the morning Equal division OF labor IS
the motto OF the Hrm. 8n3 che Biblical
quotation 81 "the last shall be first rs
not carried out
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23
HAVANA CIGARS

- Jus' receiving large lot or HAv,v,a
OAKS Of our own importation n. ~ ~ ~
we're select ior ~ by one of Inc ,l..'. '.'''
best commission house. la t.,... . ..'..''' iai
leo ,.i d them as o. very anc qu,..,. ''
s ,i y Of the Vuoita Abelo tobacco '', ,
Ney west OF tho Principe Do Gale. ,.. $50
aud large lots OF gery suro,lo- NJ, ''' ''' ''il
sars. 0sc,p -,,. ',.,'.i'e G.
3roNa
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23

Lady Have you reterencesi Whom cal
you refer to a. 70 character, etcf
Applicant-To yersen, mum, Wild conf
dence
Iady-Mef Why know nothing about
you
Applicability he very raysun l refe'
10 yea mum --Harpar's BsLar.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-23

The Alexandria Gazette very properly
asks why the Protection League has sub
scribed $lOO,DOO to lobby Congress in its
interest of protection, If, as Sherman says
protection Is for the benefit OF labor.
The other side does not lobby at all.